Arecaceae
Moriche palm
Mauritia flexuosa
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Mauritia
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Common names
By language (18)
- arz
- موريشيا فليكسوسا
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена маврициева палма
- Catalan
- Buriti, Moritxe
- Chinese
- 曲叶矛榈, 毛瑞榈, 波叶湿地棕, 湿地棕
- Czech
- Mauricie ohebná, Mauricie převislá
- Dutch
- Mauritiuspalm, Morichepalm, Mauritiepalm, Moriche
- English
- Moriche palm, Muriti, Ita palm, Moreche palm, Morete palm
- Finnish
- Maurinpalmu
- French
- Aguaje, Palmier-bâche
- German
- Buriti-Palme, Aguaje, Buriti, Maurltia flexuosa
- Guarani
- Mburiti
- Hungarian
- Buritipálma, Kis móricpálma
- Japanese
- オオミテングヤシ
- Lithuanian
- Lanksčioji mauricija
- mwl
- Buriti
- Persian
- موریچ, درخت موریچ
- Portuguese
- Buriti, Miriti, Buritizeiro, Carandaí-guaçu, Carandá-guaçu, Coqueiro-buriti, Muriti, Muritim
- Spanish
- Palma moriche, Aguaje, Buriti, Burití, Canangucha, Miriti, Mirití, Moriche
Synonyms
- Mauritia flexuosa var. venezuelana Steyerm.
- Mauritia minor Burret
- Mauritia sagus Schult. & Schult.f.
- Mauritia setigera Griseb. & H.Wendl.
- Mauritia sphaerocarpa Burret
- Mauritia vinifera Mart.
- Saguerus americanus H.Wendl.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, May, August to November (from 30 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Luis G Restrepo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JR Ferrer-Paris, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lucas Kaminski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rebecca bachman, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Ruiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: The Nature Box, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clarice Dorocinski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yuri Sofronov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.